At first glance the Asus U6s looks like a proper business machine. With its silver keyboard and bezel and a glossy black exterior, the laptop comes across as a classy product. The U6s's touchpad is surrounded by brown faux leather which is a refreshing change from all the plastic but does not add that much to the overall look. even the touchpad is clunky, and requires too much force on the mouse buttons. The Asus' 12.1-inch screen is nothing special and in fact a little too dull. The Asus offers a lot of connectivity ports (including an HDMI port) but those on the left side of the chassis seem cramped. The laptop also sports a DVD combo drive and a 0.3 megapixel web camera. Asus' chances as the perfect ultraportable laptop are hurt by its weight (1.8 kg) and its very weak battery that just lasted 165 minutes in our tests.
The U6s is a great performer though, as is evinced by its World Bench 6 score of 93 and a Cinebench score of 4946, both of which were the highest in the comparison. This is due to the fact that it has the fastest processor among the ultraportables in the 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo t8300. The performance is also given a boost thanks to 2GB of Ram, 250GB hard drive, and a GeForce 9300m G dedicated graphics chipset. The Asus U6s is priced at Rs. 92,900 and at that price, the laptop should have offered more in a better fashion.
Asus U6S
At first glance the Asus U6S looks like a proper business machine. With its silver keyboard and bezel and a glossy black exterior, the laptop comes across as a classy product. However, what spoilt it for us some what was the brown faux leather that surrounds the touchpad. Some users may find it a refreshing break from plastic but we thought it was a little too reminiscent of the 80's. The Asus' 12.1 inch screen is nothing special and in fact a little too dull. The Asus offers a lot of connectivity ports (including an HDMI port) but those on the left side seem cramped. The laptop also sports a DVD combo drive and a 0.3 megapixel web camera.
Asus' chances as the perfect ultraportable laptop are hurt by its weight (1.8 kilograms) and its very weak battery that just lasted 165 minutes in our tests. The U6S is a great performer though, and as is evinced by its World Bench 6 score of 93 and a Cinebench score of 4946, both of which were the highest in the comparison.